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Researching what goes on in the world focuses on adults, but what about involving children and young people? Especially when it comes to finding out about children and young people's lives, basic research questions are designed and often even answered by adults, yet children and young people have a right to be heard. A United Nations convention has conferred upon children the right to express their views freely in all matters affecting them and to have their best interests as a primary consideration.
Adults are often surprised to discover that children and young people articulate valuable insights into their lives, and often see things that adults haven't noticed. At the Open University, we believe that children and young people are the experts in their own lives, and that adults need to work in partnership with them to create better research so that it can lead to good decisions. The Our Voices website is for everyone interested in research from children and young people themselves to teachers, health care professionals, academic researchers, and policymakers who are looking for why and how to do better research into our world working in partnership with children and young people.